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Re:The Framework Laptop is now shipping by nrp on Thursday July 22, 2021 @10:58PM (#27926694)
Yes! We can't pre-announce anyone's reviews, but we have sent review units out to a few of the big tech review YouTube channels.

The pre-order volume has been roughly in line with our expectations. The one big surprise for us was just how much more popular the Framework Laptop DIY Edition is than the pre-built Framework Laptop. We expected some preference from early adopters, but it's actually multiples of volume.

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Re:The Framework Laptop is now shipping by TimTheTinker on Friday July 23, 2021 @01:54AM (#27927660)
> The one big surprise for us was just how much more popular the Framework Laptop DIY Edition is than the pre-built Framework Laptop.

I'd suggest the reason is primarily that it's a lot more configurable -- people can get closer to their ideal feature set for the least spend (if only by not paying for Windows if they just want Linux).

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